July 11, 2012
Finding jobs for military veteransStudent veterans looking for a job could be hired on the spot at an employment fair Thursday in the UIC Forum.
July 11, 2012
Chicago Employers Seek to Hire Vets, Spouses Thursday at UICThe University of Illinois at Chicago and the 100,000 Jobs Mission host a major hiring event for U.S. military veterans, transitioning servicemembers, and military spouses.
July 9, 2012
Brookings Economist to Head UIC Urban Policy Research CenterA former Brookings Institution economist has been named director of a public policy research center at the University of Illinois at Chicago.
July 3, 2012
Falcon chick may be Rosie’s lastIt’s been an annual tradition since 1999: the banding of the falcon chicks born to Rosie, UIC’s resident peregrine, high on a ledge of University Hall. Last week’s banding may be the last one, though.
June 22, 2012
UIC Police Arrest Suspects in Area RobberiesThe Joint Robbery Task Force of the UIC Police and the Chicago Police Department’s 12th District and Area 4 Detectives has made an arrest leading to charges for a suspect in several robberies, including the April armed robbery of a UIC student in the 1000 block of South Loomis Street.
June 21, 2012
Illinois Coalition to Abolish the Death Penalty Donates Archives to UICThe Illinois Coalition to Abolish the Death Penalty, a group formed 36 years ago when the landmark U.S. Supreme Court case Gregg v. Georgia reinstated the death penalty, has donated its archives to the UIC Library.
June 18, 2012
Distinguished Engineer-Physicist Named UIC Vice Chancellor for ResearchMitra Dutta, distinguished professor and head of electrical and computer engineering at the University of Illinois at Chicago and a former senior executive with the U.S. Army Research Office, has been named vice chancellor for research at UIC, pending approval of the University of Illinois Board of Trustees.
June 7, 2012
UIC Ranked 11th of World’s Best Young UniversitiesThe University of Illinois at Chicago is ranked 11th on a list of the world’s best young universities published by Times Higher Education of the U.K.
June 5, 2012
Hull-House Museum Opens Off-Site Exhibits on Conservative Vice LordsA new exhibition organized by the Jane Addams Hull-House Museum asks, “Can gang members become forces for positive social change?”